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Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner
- gradeGrade A
- inspection score12 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 17, 2025
- address21-23 Mott Avenue, Queens 11691
- cuisineLatin American
- phone7183279724
Is Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner clean?
Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner is currently Grade A from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), from an inspection on April 17, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 17, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🍲hot food sitting too coolcriticalHot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeNon-food contact surface or equipment made of unacceptable material, not kept clean, or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
When was Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner last inspected?
Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner has 6 inspections on record going back to July 29, 2022, averaging 21 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 17, 2025 | Grade A | 12 pts |
| March 18, 2024 | Grade A | 13 pts |
| February 15, 2023 | Grade B | 14 pts |
| December 22, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 47 pts |
| September 29, 2022 | Grade B | 20 pts |
| July 29, 2022 | no grade issued ⏳ | 19 pts |
Ralphs's Coffee Shop & Diner vs Far Rockaway-Bayswater
Far Rockaway-Bayswater runs 71% clean across 45 tracked restaurants — 29 clean, 5 mid, 7 cooked.
Against the 45 spots Cooked tracks in Far Rockaway-Bayswater, this one comes out cleaner than 37% of them.
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How New York grades restaurants
New York City health inspectors score violations in points, and lower is better: 0–13 points earns an A, 14–27 a B, and 28 or more a C. Every restaurant is inspected at least once a year, and the letter has to be posted in the window. A restaurant that scores 14 or more on the first inspection of a cycle does not get a letter right away — it stays “Grade Pending” until a re-inspection settles it, which is why some spots here show an hourglass instead of a letter. Cooked only ever shows a letter the city actually posted; we never infer one from a score.
Source: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) via NYC Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 17, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.